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    colonization
    /ˌkɒlənʌɪˈzeɪʃn/

    noun

    • 1. the action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area: "Africa boasts a tradition of higher education institutions that predate Western colonization"

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  2. the act or process of sending people to live in and govern another country: European colonization of the Americas, with its cycle of war, disease and slavery, decimated the indigenous peoples. He sang mainly about the colonisation of his country by Portugal.

  3. The meaning of COLONIZATION is an act or instance of colonizing. How to use colonization in a sentence.

  4. Feb 16, 2021 · Colonialism is the process of a country taking full or partial political control of a dependent country, territory, or people. Colonialism occurs when people from one country settle in another country for the purpose of exploiting its people and natural resources.

  5. Colonization (British English: colonisation) is a process of establishing control over foreign territories or peoples for the purpose of exploitation and possibly settlement, setting up coloniality and often colonies, commonly pursued and maintained by colonialism.

  6. the act or process of animals, plants, or bacteria starting to live or grow in a particular area: The soil is dry and strongly saline, making it unattractive for plant colonization. One way of reducing skin colonization by bacteria is to put antiseptic around the wound site. usually disapproving.

  7. colonization. the act of taking control of an area or a country that is not your own, especially using force, and sending people from your own country to live there.

  8. Oct 6, 2023 · Colonialism is defined as “control by one power over a dependent area or people.” It occurs when one nation subjugates another, conquering its population and exploiting it,...

  9. : an act or instance of colonizing: such as. a. : the establishing of a colony (see colony sense 1) : subjugation of a people or area especially as an extension of state power. The news arrives at a time of debate over how museums should handle artifacts acquired through colonization and conquest. Isis Davis-Marks.

  10. The spreading of a species into a new habitat. For example, flying insects and birds are often the first animal species to initiate colonization of barren islands formed by vulcanism or falling water levels.

  11. Colonization is the act of setting up a colony away from one's place of origin. Remember when the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock? That was the beginning of a period of colonization.